Snow Watch!

[Gringo]

My God! It's even snowing in the Med!

Last feb (in barca) we had snow twice - the first time lasted for all of about a minute; the second, there was 20 minutes of the stuff - a friend who runs a language school for youngsters said they all legged it outside, no stopping them.

[b23avfc]

I just got back from Barca and that extra fifteen degrees really makes a difference to my sanity!

[drat01]

More snow overnight and its moving South East so expect it later Midlands people

[Genie]

I was a bit sad to see no more snow in Tamworth this morning :-( Hopefully get some later.

[Tegis]

Lots of wind last night shifted the snow over the roads from nearby fields. Foot down, plow through and hope for the best

[GaztonVilla]

See that Honda jazz in the background?

My missus' Jazz was in a similar predicament this morning. I tried the trick of "Foot down and hope for the best" after brushing the snow off it for her. It didn't get very far. Had to ring the father in law and ask for a dig-out. :oops:

[johnsonp]

See that Honda jazz in the background?

My missus' Jazz was in a similar predicament this morning. I tried the trick of "Foot down and hope for the best" after brushing the snow off it for her. It didn't get very far. Had to ring the father in law and ask for a dig-out. :oops:

Gaz, you may need a from call from Mr T

[JulieB]

More snow this morning.

I did post a couple of weeks ago that the birds were feeding like mad, so it's normally a sign we're in for bad weather.

[tonyh29]

I think I just saw one snow flake drift past my window but so far nothing here ..

[mjmooney]

Lots of it here in West Yorkshire. And the inevitable shortage of rock salt.

[Genie]

Lots of it here in West Yorkshire. And the inevitable shortage of rock salt.

If you need any for your driveway I did notice ASDA were selling big sacks of it when I was there on Friday.

[mjmooney]

Cheers Tamuff, I'll check Asda. B&Q, Focus and Homebase all had zilch (usually they have pallets full).

[drat01]

Lots of it here in West Yorkshire. And the inevitable shortage of rock salt.

If you need any for your driveway I did notice ASDA were selling big sacks of it when I was there on Friday.

The council around here provide "grit bins" at the corner of various streets - all free of charge. Bloody useful as gritters / ploughs can't / wont get up and down the hills

[JulieB]

My next door neighbour suggested last year sprinkling ash onto snow to clear it if you've no rock salt. It does work, just makes it look a tad messy.

[GaztonVilla]

Asda Boldon, one of the biggest Asda's in the country, has closed because the weight of the snow has caused the roof to cave in.

[mjmooney]

My next door neighbour suggested last year sprinkling ash onto snow to clear it if you've no rock salt. It does work, just makes it look a tad messy.

This may seem like a silly question, but where do you get ash (short of actually burning something)?

[drat01]

Heated seats in cars are wonderful :-)

[Risso]

My next door neighbour suggested last year sprinkling ash onto snow to clear it if you've no rock salt. It does work, just makes it look a tad messy.

This may seem like a silly question, but where do you get ash (short of actually burning something)?

I did exactly that this morning. The ash coming from last night's coal fire, works a treat.

[JulieB]

My next door neighbour suggested last year sprinkling ash onto snow to clear it if you've no rock salt. It does work, just makes it look a tad messy.

This may seem like a silly question, but where do you get ash (short of actually burning something)?

As this is not a smokeless zone most people have wood burners or open fires up here to supplement their heating, so have access to ash.

[mjmooney]

My next door neighbour suggested last year sprinkling ash onto snow to clear it if you've no rock salt. It does work, just makes it look a tad messy.

This may seem like a silly question, but where do you get ash (short of actually burning something)?

As this is not a smokeless zone most people have wood burners or open fires up here to supplement their heating, so most people have access to ash.

Ah, gotcha. We used to burn coal and wood in our last house (despite being in a smokeless zone, ahem). But not this one.